| A fossil fish from the middle to upper Miocene Monterey Formation (roughly 15 to 8 million years old), exposed along the Pacific Coast in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, California. The Monterey yields an astounding variety of fossil remains: a plethora of microfossils (foraminifers, diatoms, and radiolaria); seaweeds; whales; sea lions; walruses, bony and cartilaginous fishes; and birds. Photograph courtesy Kim Noves, who collected the specimen. Photograph courtesy Rockhound Times. I edited and processed the image through photoshop. |